We are playing a team who changed their under performing manager; I wonder if Garry Rowett says 'it's not my team yet' or 'I know it's s*** but we've been s*** for three years'? I doubt it.
I'm praying for a result. I just hope that brum don't get two players sent off cos I bet we haven't practised for that!
COYL

Seems your aware we need a striker & wood is available for loan so make an inquiry you never know he might accept. Having said that come wall you beat the brummies then next up Leeds might pop to paddy power for a win double. Coyl

So our problem according to Holloway is that we never replaced Woods with another quality striker! Erm,everybody knows that,so way bring in another midfield in Tonge(who kept the bench warm on Saturday) and not bring in a new forward???

Birmingham under rowett
They like to defend first and hit you on the break, pace of cotterill Gray donaldson the boy in midfield Davis like to put a foot in can't let him boss the game if Mr Holloway starts a toothless attack of one striker with a blindfold trying to ice skate I can't help putting a few quid on at the bookies for a 3-0 lose .
Please. Mr Holloway press in the right places not chase and not out a foot in and Play 4 4 2 up and at them .

What's with all the 'WE'? you are just here because you are employed here and have only been here a year...we don't affiliate with you as you are not a supporter and have never sat in the stands and suffered in the cold, because our team were not capable of winning. I have also a question...in over a year, why have you not signed a decent striker? Why do we end up wth donkey's and has beens?

What really disappoints me and makes me angry is :
Another defeat tonight and poor performance - Holloway will still be Manager.
Forde makes another howler - He will still play next Saturday.
We are desperate for a goalscorer - we get in a midfielder ?
But I must say Holloway going now is too late - he should of gone before the transfer deadline.

@junkmale: Because we have got the biggest collection of midfielders at the club, some who have played once or twice this season!! We have about 8 to 10 midfielders and made a half cocked attempt at signing a player that was already on his way to Scunthorpe to show us that he's trying...bullplop...he'll get in another coach and complain that he was too busy training the squad and doing everything, including the tea and had no time to sign a player.

@junkmale: We also have a scouting network that is even more incompetent than our management team, so we don't find the ones we could afford and who would want to come for their chance in the big time.

Does our chairman read holloways interviews, every sentence is a contradiction FFS. this interview is a joke and its time the interviewer started to question holloways statements. there are so many in this interview but heres one.........
"I'm looking at Birmingham and how to win the game, so I may deem that Harding needs to go back in because they've got David Cotterill out there."... Well on saturday mr holloway, you had scannell out there, who you like so much you tried to buy him, and you still left a centre half at left back.!!!
anyway f*** holloway, come on Millwall, get something out of tonight in spite of him !!!!!

I'm sure if we win tonight Olly and the Club will twist it around and say "Look we scored a few away from home, so the lads can do it. We now challenge them to keep going for the remainder of the season!" Can just see it now...

Even better for them than the cheap option of bringing in another non-scoring donkey like Varney or Church, just NOT bringing any striker in!... But of course maybe another central midfielder just for good measure. Line-up tonight will hopefully see Archer and Tonge to come in and two strikers up top

Really strange comments even by his standards, again praising the opposition manager + saying that his revamped side did not know how to tackle a side who have gone down to 10 men well that's what you and your coaching staff are there for??.
What's all the talk about Chris Wood he has been gone for nearly 2 years, or are you going to try to sign him if not shut up and get on with the players that are at the club.

P.S Alex while trying to type this visit England advert keeps popping up, its funny though because I would like to visit England one day and this advert may encourage me to do so.

Lost count of the amount of times that he's either said, we're looking to move on or we need a positive response. As I said yesterday, I expect nothing out of this game as is the case with most games not least against our bogey team.

@Millwallsteve1972: Have to agree with you there Steve.
The man talks complete and utter b*****.
If we concede an early goal, I can see us getting thumped (again).
Good luck to all those going tonight, I'm sure you'll do us proud.
COYL.

"Wood decided not to stay and we never really replaced him. That's a fact.

Fact is, that was over two years ago, you were not here,
you were busy getting relegated, like you are doing here.
Now that's a fact.
For christ sake man, pull yourself together or do one.
Dreams and visions of tippy tappy are over, it's now about getting the team
to be solid, confident and not scared to play. It's now your team,
so excuses are over and done with.
Your team pathetic team rousing speeches and comments are getting weirder by the day,
and not mention, boring the s**** out of most of us.

Although holloway a interviews are now starting to drain me whilst drinking my morning cuppa. There's no point complaining or getting annoyed by it the blokes here for the rest of the season if we stay up he's defo still here if we go down its still 50/50 depending on JB's decision. But in the last bit he atleast highlights the calibre of striker we need. A massive good luck and thank you to any and all travelling up to that Northern s******* tonight I salute you and hope the trips worth while. I'll b at work ir else id b there and holloway u know realise what/who we need put urself to good use and go get it.

Let's be honest, Holloway is here for the rest of the season, so we might as well accept that and move on. I don't know whether that's correct or not; I hate to see teams chopping and changing managers but I struggle to understand he's team selections. That said, when you hire somebody you have to back them and trust your opinion. Turning a club around which has been wrong for years takes a few seasons at least. You only have to look at Man Utd and Ferguson as an example. Let's hope the team can gel, find some confidence and keep us up. We've never spent big on a striker and the simple fact is we don't have the budget to buy a proven goal scorer. We ever need to find an aging pro or unearth a gem like Harrris from the lower leagues. Good luck tonight boys.

@Singapore Lion: But you've hit the nail on the head, we need to unearth a gem...not gonna happen with the idiot on a booze cruise pretending to see a player and writing a report using Championship Manager stats or the Scouting equivelant. So we will be stuck with s'#t strikers and has been's.

I think I am getting the measure of these speeches now. What this one means is 'When we lose at Birmingham I want the players to know they've lost and understand that it's not winning that matters it's being part of an Ian Holloway losing team. I can be proud of my boys if they know that I have directed them to another defeat and they in return have given me plenty to blah about'. Look closely, you will see it how I see it.

There is no point reading any more of these interviews or berating Mr Holloway, Mr Holloway will not walk away.
I think Mr Holloway is doing his best and desperately wants to do well and live up to his high media profile. The problem, as this interview surely shows, is that he does not have the skills or mental fortitude to do what he so wants to do.
Mr Holloway's appointment was based on bluster not talent - his record is really poor even without the Palace shambles - and he is simply in the wrong job.
Given the price of failure is the end of his career Mr Holloway will not walk away but instead will hang on desperately like a drowning man to a straw, hoping for miraculous rescue - but sadly this straw is likely to sink to Division 1.
I really hope I am wrong and that he finds enough success to allow him to go with some credibility, fourth from bottom would be enough! But go he must.

Clearly need a goalscorer...aint there anyone like danny graham or a premier striker who is on th fringe of the 1st team who is capable of scoring 10+ goals in th championship from
Now until the end of the season....fuller and hoff aint gonna get anywhere near scoring 10 goals combined

The man is totally and utterly deluded. He is too complicated and the players must be too. All this over analysing numbers back or forward at a given moment must make their heads hurt let alone add to the pressure they're under. Football was simpler under KJ and though more defensive we did have a quick team-based attack with purpose with a mediocre squad on the whole; they played with a clear idea and as a team - so punching above their weight. Then we had KJ's replacement who said what the likes of JB and AA wanted to hear - positives about playing pretty football on a small budget with no youth setup to speak of or scouting worth its salt. Same with this clown, he's positive and selling this idea but we all know money (big money) is needed. I would hazard a guess that other candidates were more realistic but the board didn't want to hear that and preferred the blue-sky thinking of them both. We are not Barca and therefore can't play that way especially without a strong structure. He is trying to run before he can walk and this season needed better players than those he signed in Summer and Winter - oh wait we didn't need anyone in loan window then... 😉

Truth is nothing was done to replace the large number of league 1 players with championship quality ones in the last couple of years and this includes Abdou, Dunne, Shittu, Beevers etc.
As for playing against 10 men - the man is a fool. We have no width (he knows about that) and they try to win in his way - attacking football and yet again caught out at the back. They are trying too hard but he is confusing everyone.

I am afraid I feared the worst when he spouted about "...wanting his team to play well and if they lose at least the fans will have been entertained..." or words to that effect. This should have been an alarm to JB/AA as he also talked about going to league 1 also. Bet he never said similar at meetings early last year!

All talk, and no points - plenty to make but none on the board. Want a win tonight but who will score? Hof goal was a rebound that he knew nothing about and Fuller can only play 30mins. Gregory was one to develop but we need goals from other areas not just forward(s) and who can put a strong free kick in or header from a cross?

Haven't been drilled to play against 10 men Ur a F.....g joke Holloway even 10 year olds know basic maths and how to work the advantage classic S..t response FT 3:1
What crap you going to churn next Resignation would be good